Tailor s measure



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H. W. SCOTT. TAILoRs MEASURE.

No. 537,127. PatenteaApr. 9, 1895.

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i UNITED STATES HERMAN W. SCOTT, OF

PATENT OFFICE- LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

TAI LORS M'EYLAS U RE.

sPEcIFIcATIoN forming part or Letters Patent No. 537,127, dated April 9, 1895. Appncanon nea Apriizs. 1894. sain No. 509.332. (No model.)

To all whom #may concern." s

Be it known that I, HERMANW. SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing atLynn, 1n the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tailors Measures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whlch it appertains to make and usethe same. This invention relates to tailors measures and consists in an improved construction for a tailors square, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a plan view of a tailors square constructed according to my invention, the square being unfolded. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the square being folded. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the square closed. Fig. 4 represents one side of the tongue of the square. Fig. 5 represents the opposite side of the tongue. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a curve used in drawing a pattern. Fig. 7 isa plan of a pattern with marks showing the use of the square and curve.`

Fig. 8 shows one side of an elastic band.

A designates the main arm of the square wlth space-marks and figures thereon for indicating the bust'measure-lengthwise. B in:

dicates the tongue of the square which is also provided with space-marks and figures for indicating such measurement in width. The` said tongue is secured to the main part A, to extend therefrom at an angle of forty tive degrees, by a diagonal hinge C, when the square is unfolded. W'hen the square is closed, or folded, the tongue B, laps on the main part A,

about five eighths of Yan inch from the out-- side orworking' edge of said main part.

D indicates a strip of rubber, or similar, elastic material, having a scale marked thereon with fifteen inches or spaces, and another, shorter scale is marked on the opposite side of said strip. 'The saidelastic strip D is constructed to expand equally in every part when it is extended as hereinafter stated.

E indicates a finger piece which is constructed to grasp one end of the strip D, to which it may be clamped by means of a bolt a, which is/ passed through said strip and through a clamp a. connected with the finger piece and a slot c, in the main part of the l square. The bolt a has a flat head e, which sinks -in a'groovey d, in the square, and the nut d, on the bolt. A ratchet tooth f, projects from the clamp and is formed to connect with the square by notches g, along the slot c, so that when the strip D, is extended tothe figthe toothf may be putin connection with the notch g, at that point. The opposite end of the strip D, is secured to the square by a clamp h, a bolt fm, with a tlat head being strip, and secured by a thumb-nut. VEach of the bolt's, a and fm, has a shoulder which bears against the lower surface of the clamp and a flat head which sinksin a groove or depression in the lower side of thesquare. It is only necessary to loosen the clamps a', and h, when it is desired to take out the strip D, and set it so as to expose for use the shorter scale on the opposite side of the strip.

Fig. 4 shows the side of the tongue B with a series lof indicating figures which are exon kthe base line of the pattern drawing may be made according to the figures on that side usedfin measuring. When the square is unfolded, another series of figures, on the opposite side of the tongue is exposed to guide the draftsman in making points from the base measuring from said line.

In using the square, open it, take the bust measure and extend the strip D, with the scale, to the number on the square correspondcure the strip withthe toothV connected with the clamp; lay the drawing paper in position and mark along the outer edge of the square; then fold the square and placeit in the scale on the strip D from right to left; commencing on the right; make points on'the base line as the iigures on the tongue of the square indicate when the latter is closed,

square and commencing at the right, measure out on cross lines from the scale on the strip D, as the figures on the tongue B indicate,

making as many points on the cross-line as clamp may be tightened by means of a thumb 5 5 ure indicating the bust measure on the square, 6o

passed through the square and the clamp and 6 5 posed when the square is folded, and points of the tongue, the scale onthe strip D being 8o line, the scale on the strip D, being used in ing with the bust measure, number and se- 9o front of the base line, so as to measure with 9 5 working from right to left; then open the roo there are figures between dots on the tongue, and where there is a dash on the tongue, omit or slide the square overone point on the base line. Make a cross-line each time the square is moved down the base line.

The curve G, shown in Fig. 6, hasa straight edge opposite the curved edge, a scale being marked along said straight edge, and the curve is used in drawing thelines for connecting the points, after the latter have been made with the square, and for measuring the length of Waist and seams for marking the pattern.

In a tailors measure, a folding square having an arm, provided with a scale, a longitudinal slot and a notched surface, and a HERMAN W. SCOTT.

Vitnesses:

GEO. H. WILLIAMS, R. G. JOYCE. 

